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Jargon buster search

We believe in plain English and try to keep things simple but lease and
law does mean some jargon is unavoidable. Hopefully here we'll explain
that too!


Tenant
The Tenant is the party legally entitled to temporary possess a property.
Qualifying Tenant
The Qualifying Tenant owns a long Lease on a property (a lease for more than 21 years)
Tenancy
The tenancy is the temporary possession of a property by a tenant.
Leaseholder
A lessee is a person who holds a lease (i.e. the tenant).
Lessee
A lessee is a person who holds a lease (i.e. the tenant).
Section 48 notice
A Section 48 is a Notice which can be served under Section 48 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1987, this being a notice to advise a tenant or lessee of an address in England & Wales upon which notices on the landlord can be served
Maintenance charge (or service charge)
The cost of repairing and maintaining external and / or internal communal parts of a building, which are then charged to the tenant or leaseholder.
Schedule Of Dilapidations
A survey that identifies any repairs required on tenanted properties. This is set against a Landlord's or Tenant's obligations to repair a property as identified in the lease.
Surrender a lease
The term used to refer to whena lessee or tenant gives back a property which they hold on a lease before the term of years the lease was granted for has expired
Landlord's Gas Safety Certificate
A certificate that every person who lets a property under a tenancy which does not infer rights of maintenance and repair on the tenant (usually a tenancy as opposed to a lease) must have carried out annually. Such certificate must be carried out by Corgi registered gas fitter and must be provided to the tenant if requested.